Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1268, Daniel Gilmore, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Gilmore, Daniel Rhoda
No. 1268
B. L. Wt. 123-60-55
CONTENTS

89230
Act March 3/55
April 23/55
Rhoda Gilmore widow of Daniel Gilmore
Pensioner
Act Feb 3/53
Act. No 1013
Private Col Harrison Wash Line
(recd 100 aies)
N.C. July 53 - no 1013
Ad. 60 yrs Nov 20/55
Dodge
Letter
J. M. Roberts Swangstown Cleveland Co N. C.

7293
South Carolina
Daniel Gilmore
of York in the state of S. Carolina who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison of the Virginia line, for the term of four Years War
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of March 1819 and sent to David Johnson Esq. Union C. H. South Carolina
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 54.32 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.
82.32
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Noted sent to John J. Moore Esq. 1820. sent to Col. J. H. ...

1013
North Carolina - c 9
Rhoda Gilmore widow of Daniel Gilmore who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Virginia line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Dollars
per annum, to commence on on day of March, 1848.
3. February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of July 1853 and sent to
James Roberts Swangstown Cluettland Co N.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848 , Page 135 - Vol. c 9
1853

State of North Carolina } Cleveland County }
On This 30 th Day of March, one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty three. (1853), personally appeared. Rhoda Gilmore, a Resident of Cleveland County in the State of North Carolina, Aged 85 years. who being Duly sworn according to law. Doth on her oath make the following Declaration. in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions Made by the Act. of Congress passed February the 3 d . 1853. that she is the widow of Daniel Gilmore. who was a pensioner of the United States and was inscribed on the pension list of the South Carolina agency. at the Rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum. she further Declares that she was Married to the said Daniel Gilmore sometime in the year one Thousand Eight hundred and twenty Six 1826. the day not recollected. and that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Gilmore Died on the 18 th Day of June one Thousand Eight hundred and forty, 1840. that she was Married to him at the time above stated. She further. Swears that she was a widow at the passage of the Act. and is still a widow. and that she has never before made application for a pension -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written Before Rufus Roberts (J.P.)
Rhoda Gilmore mark
State of North Carolina } I Rufus Roberts. The Magistrate Cleveland County } Before whom the above and foregoing Declaration of Rhoda Gilmore. was made. Do Hereby Certify. that Old Mrs Rhoda Gilmore who has This Day sworn to and subscribed. the above

Declaration is not able to attend the Court from old age, and bodily infirmity - and I further Certify that she is a pauper, on the County, now in the Poor House of said County. Given under my hand this 30 th Day of March. 1853
Rufus Roberts
State of North Carolina } personally appeared before the undersigned Cleveland County } Signed, a Justice of the peace in and for said County. Edward Priddy, Esq., and after being duly sworn according to law. Says on his oath that he is personally well acquainted, with old Mrs. Rhoda Gilmore. The widow of Daniel Gilmore, that he knows she was married to Daniel Gilmore, before August, 1834. from the fact, that he sold her and her husband. the said Daniel Gilmore, goods; and charged them. on his store Books. several years, after they was married. and from reference, to his old store Books it appears. that said goods was charged in the month of August 1834. and that he knows they lived together as husband and wife. from that time untill the death of the said Daniel Gilmore, and he further says. from a Record. now in his possession. it appears. that the said Daniel Gilmore Died on the 18 th Day of June 1840 - Sworn to and subscribed this 11 th Day of April 1853 - Before
Rufus Roberts
E. Priddy
State of North Carolina } Rufus Roberts. The Magistrate Cleveland County } Before whom the above Affidavit of Edward Priddy, Esq. was made. Do Certify that he is a man of good Character, and high standing, whose veracity cannot be disputed. Given under my hand this 11 th Day of April 1853 -
Rufus Roberts

State of North Carolina Cleveland County I Silas Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county & State aforesaid do certify that Rufus Roberts Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing declaration & affidavit is and was an acting Justice of the Pleas in and for said county at the time of signing the same duly Commissioned and Qualified that his signature purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office the 11 th day of April 1853.
S. Williams Clerk

Swangstown N.C. 3 April 13 th 2
Office of the Q.M. Q.M. Bussey
Mr J. C. Heath Commission of pension Washington City D C

Sir
Swangstown N. Carolina April 13 th 1853
I Herewith enclose and forward you the Declaration of Mrs Rhoda Gilmore. Widow of Daniel Gilmore. Making application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 3 rd February 1853 — the old lady was Married in York. District South Carolina where there is it no Marriage Bound Required — and she has no family Record, never having any Children — by which establish the Date of her marriage — —
Yours Respectfully James Roberts
Mr J. E. Heath Commissioner of pensions Washington City DC —

State of North Carolina } On this 2 d Day of April Cleveland County } 1855. personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Rhoda Gilmore aged 87. years. a resident of Cleveland County in the state of North Carolina; Who being Duly sworn according to law Declares that she is the widow of Daniel Gilmore. who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War; that he enlisted for the term of five years. and was a pensioner at the rate of Ninety six Dollars per. annum. and that she is now a pensioner. that she was inscribed on the pension list under the act of February 3 d . 1853. at the rate of Ninety six Dollars per. annum. for which she now has in her possession a Certificate of Pension, No. 1013. bearing Date at the Department of the Interior the 23 d Day of July 1853. and recorded. in the pension office on the roll of pensioners. under act of February 3 d . 1853. on page 135 Vol. A. for proof of her marriage. to the said Daniel Gilmore and the Death of her said Husband. She refers and now claims the benefit of the evidence heretofore made. at the time of her application for a pension and now on file in the pension office at Washington City - She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining. the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d . 1855 - and that she is now a widow — Rhoda her Gilmore mark
We Noah H. Adams and J. W. Gibbons residents of Cleveland County in the state of North Carolina upon our oaths. Declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and Acknowledged by Rhoda Gilmore in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements

of the applicant that she is the identical person She represents herself to be —
North H. Adams J. W. Gibson
The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me. on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and I have no interest in this claim. this 2 day of April 1835
R. Roberts (S B)
State of North Carolina Cleveland County } I Hilas Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for
the County of Cleveland hereby certify that Rufus Roberts before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit was made was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid at the time of signing the same duly commissioned and qualified that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal the 13 th day of April 1835
Hilas Williams Clerk
89230

South Carolina } Schedule York District }
on this day the 27 th of October in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty personally appeared in open court being a board of record in cases unlimited jurisdiction both in civil & criminal cases at Law in the District of State aforesaid Daniel Gilmore aged about sixty five or six years resident in the District of York who being duly sworn first according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows - That he enlisted in the first Regiment of Artillery of the Vir- ginia line Col d Harrison & served in the company commanded by Capt d Lewis Boatswain & that he has received a pension certificate from the War Office
Department No 7293.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and I have not since that time by gift sale or any manner dis- posed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contract or debts due me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
  23. Head Hogs $ 24.50   " Kitchen Furniture 2.50   Tables & Chairs 3.00     $ 30.00 
That his occupation is that of a Farmer which he owns

= age & infirmity, he is unable to pursue to advantage, & that his family consist of a wife above fifty six years old, who is decrepit and unable to contribute any thing to her support, & three of his wives, Grand Children aged from five to ten years, who are not able to contribute much to their support.
Sworn to and declared on the twenty seventh day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
David Johnson
Daniel Gilmore
(Associate Judge)
I John S Moore, Clerk of the Court of York District do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the value of property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty Dollars. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the 28 th day of October.
J. S. Moore
668
John S Moore, Clerk Court of Common Pleas York
Daniel Gilmore
7,293.
5. March, 1819.
1147.

York 6 H rs 63 Fms October 31
Honble John C. Calhoun
old mitts
Secy of War Washington City
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

South Carolina.
Daniel Gilmore residing in York District in the State aforesaid being duly sworn Declareth That in the Winter of 1779 in Fredericksburg in the State of Virginia he enlisted as a common soldier in the first Reg. t of Artillery of the Virginia line in the army of the Revolution in the service of the United States, Col. Charles Harrison, Capt. Lewis Boozer, during the War. That he did duty with this regiment about three years and an half and at the close of the war was regularly discharged at Charleston in this State, but that his discharge is lost. That during this service he was in the Battles at Saratoga & Little York and at Bombard on the Coast of this State.
The Declarer further states he is a native of the United States that he has always been before and still resides therein and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
Daniel Gilmore
South Carolina.
I David Johnson one of the Associate Judges of the said State do hereby certify that the above named Daniel Gilmore did this day personally appear before me and make and subscribed the foregoing declaration on oath. That I have no reason to doubt the truth of the facts therein stated. I am therefore satisfied that the said Daniel Gilmore did serve as a common soldier in the army of the Revolution in the service of the United States on the continental establishment against the common enemy for the time therein mentioned and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of the court of common Pleas of the said State at York Court House the 27 th October 1818
David Johnson

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Gilmore, Daniel GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12151 and 13998 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 7, 1793 To Robt. Means, assignee
also, B. L. Wt. 123-60-55
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

1203
Conners

No 1023.
Rhoda Gilmore Widow of Daniel N. C.
Let to James Robb 13 June 1853
Act Heby 3. 1853

Pension Office July 21. 1853
Sir,
Please state the time to which within named pensioner was last paid; or (if in your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully
Yours Ob't. Serv't
J. P. Waldo
Commissioner
H. Burt Esqr.
Present,
Daniel Gilmore, act 1818, Died 19 th June 1840, and paid to his death.
F. Beck Auditor.

April 18. 1853
N o 1.472
App t of Rhoda
Gilmore widow of
Daniel.
N. L.
J.C.
919
Act 3 d Feby: 1853
Rev y
Don d $96 per annum
commencing 3 rd Feb. 1853
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
Jas Robeils
Swangstown
Cleveland Co.
N. L.

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
1268-m
Rhode Gilmore,
Widow,
Daniel Gilmore,
Rev. Rev. War.
Act.
Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol.
A
Page
271
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in the case of Rhoda Gilmore widow of Daniel Gilmore Wilmington County and State of North Carolina act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "Nonincreased.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March 1818
Marriage proved by parol testimony - witnesses certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
James Roberts Esqr Swangstown, Cleveland Co
Name and residence of Agent
J. C.
R. G. D. D.
Examining Clerk.

Swangstown NC April 14 th
Official Business
Mr S. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
89230

Sir
Swangstown Cleveland Co. North Carolina April 14 th 1858
I enclose & forward you the Declaration of old Mrs Rhoda Gilmore, Widow of Daniel Gilmore Claiming Bounty Land under the Act of Congress of 3 rd March 1855 for proof of Marriage & the De. of her late husband the said Daniel Gilmore she Refers to the Department to the records of the pension office - please Report to me Addressed to Swangstown N.C.
Yours very Respectfully L. W. Robert
Mr J. P. Waldo Comm. of pensions Washington City D.C.

Swangstown N.E. ? July 12 th
Rhoda Gilman
Free Michael Businey
Mr L.P. Huldo Commissioner of pension
Washington City D.C.

Swangstown No Carolina Cleveland County
July 12 th 1853
Sir
I have again, indorsed to prepare the papers of old Mrs. Rebekah Gilmore Claiming pension under act of 3 rd February 1853 According to the required Rules of the Department I am sure I have complied with the General Instruction, that if the applicant, is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, she may make the Declaration before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, of the County in which she resides - our Court of pleas and quarter sessions is a Court of Record - I hope to have an early examination of this case, that I will not find such delay, as I have heretofore, under the former officers of the Department -
Yours Very Respectfully James Roberts
Mr L. P. Waldo Commissioner of pension, Washington City D B

State of North Carolina } On this 2 nd day of Cleveland County } July 1853: personally appeared, before me Rufus Roberts, a Justice of the peace, and one of the members, or judges of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions, for the County of Cleveland, and State of North Carolina: Rhoda Gilmore, a Resident of Cleveland County, in the State of North Carolina, aged 85 years: who being first duly sworn according to law, both on her oath make the following additional, Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made, by the act of Congress passed 3 rd February 1853, that she is the widow of Daniel Gilmore, who was a pensioner, of the United States, at the Rate of Ninety Six dollars, per annum, under the act of 1818, and said pension was payable at the South Carolina Agency. She further Declares, that she was married to the said Daniel Gilmore some time, in the year 1826, the day not recollected, that she was married to the said Daniel Gilmore in York District, in the State of South Carolina, where her said husband then Resided, and being married in South Carolina, where the law requires no licenses or Marriage Bond, and never having any Children she has no Record evidence of her Marriage, either public or private, that her said husband Died on the 18 th day of June, 1840, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, she further Declares that she is now a widow —
Rhoda her Gilmore mark
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before, Rufus Roberts J.P.

State of North Carolina } & Rufus Roberts Cleveland County } a Justice and member of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for Cleveland County in the State of North Carolina Do Hereby Certify that Mrs Rhoda Gilmore, who this Day, sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration before me, is not able to attend the Court, from age and badly infirmity. & further Certify that she is a pauper at the poor House of said County - given under my hand. This 2 nd Day of July 1853 - Rufus Roberts (J.P.)
State of North Carolina } personally appear before me Cleveland County } Rufus Roberts a Justice of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions for said County and State aforesaid. John Huskey, a Resident of York District South Carolina, and after being duly sworn according to law, Depos and saith on his oath, that he was personally well acquainted with Daniel Gilmore for many years before his death, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, and Resident of York District South Carolina that he is also well acquainted, with his widow Rhoda Gilmore, who is now applying for a pension for the services of her said husband, that he was present and saw the said Daniel Gilmore and Rhoda Gilmore married, that they were lawfully married in York District State of South Carolina by George Plaxaco Esq., a Justice of the peace for said District, about the year 1826, that they lived together from that time until the death of the said Daniel Gilmore which was the 18 th day of June 1840 which has appeared from dates, on his grave stones - sworn to and subscribed this 9 th Day of July 1853 Before John Huskey Rufus Roberts (J.P.)

State of North Carolina } personally appeared before Cleveland County } Me Rufus Roberts Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions. for said County and State aforesaid. Orson Moore. a President of York District in the State of South Carolina; and after being first duly sworn according to law. Depose and saith on his oath. that he was well acquainted Daniel Gilmore and Rhoda Gilmore his wife for several years before the death of the said Daniel Gilmore. that the said Daniel and Rhoda his widow was married. before. he. Deponent was. and that she has a record of his own marriage. and that it appears from said Records that he was married on the 20 Day of August 1829- that said Daniel and Rhoda Gilmore. lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Daniel Gilmore which appears from his grave-stone was on the 18 Day of June 1840. - that the said Rhoda Gilmore who is now applying for a pension is the identical widow of the said Daniel Gilmore who was himself. a Revolutionary pensioner - Sworn to and subscribed this 9 Day of July 1853 Before me Rufus Roberts JP Orson Moore
State of North Carolina } Rufus Roberts the Justice before Cleveland County } whom the above and foregoing Affidavits of John Husky and Orson Moore was made: Do hereby Certify. that the said John Husky & Orson Moore. who this Day came before me sworn to and subscribed the same. are both gentlemen well known to me. and that they are men of good Character. and Highly Respectable Citizens of York District in the State of South Carolina. and that they are of undoubted Veracity. Given under My hand this 9 Day of July 1853 - Rufus Roberts

State of North Carolina Gleaveland County } I Silas Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Rufus Roberts whose name appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavits is and was an acting Justice of the Peace and one of the members or Judges of said Court at the time of signing the same that his signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Office at Office the 11 th day of July 1853 S. Williams Clk